<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I have decided to buy the e-vrit e-reader.</div><div><br></div><div>I have just connected it to be charged for the first time, so I won't be able to test it till tomorrow.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'll tell you about my experience with it soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Amichai.<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:15, geoffrey mendelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:geoffreymendelson@gmail.com">geoffreymendelson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im"><br>
On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Mordecha Behar wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I think your best bet is B&N Nook Color.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br></div>
The nook color is very attractive, but IMHO, it's not quite ready to be a general purpose tablet. Not because the hardware is lacking, but because its sold as an eBook reader by B&N, and nothing else. Eventually (which is often only months in this business), the manufacturer of the hardware will be able to sell a similar unit (same internal hardware, different name and case) and it will be for a while, the best deal around.<br>
<br>
IMHO it won't replace the iPad, or even harm sales of it. The iPad is a stunning piece of hardware and iOS is a very well developed operating system. However the market is big enough for both an iPad, and an open device.<br>
<br>
I suggest that before you buy anything you look at the iPad to see what it can and can not do, and then decide if you really want it, or you want a different device. It is the state of the art, and will be for a while. That is assuming you want a general purpose pad, and not a smaller, cheaper dedicated eBook reader.<br>
<br>
I'd love to see something along the lines of the nook, or the nook color as an open device, instead of the current versions which are based on open source software, but are just as proprietary without a "hack" as the iPad.<br>
<br>
I understand you can root a nook or nook color, but that's not the same as it being a fully open device. But then it becomes a general purpose pad, and not an eBook reader, which may be very different.<div class="im">
<br>
<br>
Geoff.<br>
-- <br>
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM<br>
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
_______________________________________________<br>
Linux-il mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il" target="_blank">Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il" target="_blank">http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>